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Re: KDM.. All great tips thanks, but maybe trailers and new bikes is a step too far. Xerxes.. Those 'bike buckets' are awesome and the guy is a bit of a commedian, great article! Repacking two or three bags of supermarket shopping into backpacks and compartmentized luggage systems is too much...

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I'm thinking to convert my Cinder Cone into a shopping bike to get the weekly groceries and general local shopping trips. Can anyone recommend any good off-the-shelf rack brands or creative home-made ideas. I guess it'll be rear rack with some kind of top-box, maybe rear panniers and/or even a...

Re: Never see retro steel MTBs in Malaysia, they just weren't into it in those days. Well i should say 'almost never'.. I walked into my LBS today and noticed this fairly tatty 1992 Marin Palisades Trail in the customer service area having just got a new chain and maybe a basic service. Bike is...

Re: Early morning city ride before work, around Cyberjaya a few kms south of Kuala Lumpur. I had to keep up with this roadie on his Cervelo R5, me on my retro MTB with slicks. Phew what a workout, i wheelsucked him for most of the ride, only way to keep up!

Re: Pat you ride so much you've worn through your grips again!

Re: I had this phenomenon with several brands of folding tyre, even new ones, so it might be an installation error. As folding tyres do not have a firm bead to help locate the tyre uniformly around its circumference, you have to be a bit more patient to ensure this yourself. Try this: 1...

Re: Can fit later Maguras on the rear with Magura EVO2 mounts (just a simple bracket which fits on the rear canti bosses). An engineering workshop or some careful hand fettling at home and you can likely get the V working up front.

Re: I guess you know what you prefer but.. Why not fit maguras? Not as light as V but they are excellent brakes. I'm very happy with mine, most powerful rim brakes i've used. They can still be purchased new or easy to find a used set. You can get neat little adapter clamps which fit into the...

Not sure if this thread will fly but here goes.. It's a twist on Pat's "today's ride" but for vintage and period ride pics from BITD. I'll start with this pic taken in 1996 on the 'summit' of Coombe Hill near Wendover in Buckinghamshire, looking West across Bucks and Oxfordshire beyond. I am...

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Re: Wow cool cars Pat.. Especially the super clean silver camaro with vinyl roof. You seem to be riding daily, how many miles do you clock up (monthly ave for example)? Today rode some quiet roads East of Kuala Lumpur and we stopped at a cafe popular with cyclists. They serve good power food...

Re: Now updating to second contraption.. Wrist now strong enough to ride but aches after a while, solution: MTB TT bike! Fitted a set of Tri-bars. It took a bit of fettling but works well. Clamps are 31.8mm so had to fit them close to the stem due to the design of MTB riser bar, needed to lash...

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Really? I think your statement is nonsense and very much doubt you'd enjoy living in a country devoid of a police force.

Re: Al.. I'm currently at home having taken a couple of days holiday from work... work fatigue, a recent course of antibios, too much travelling, frustration no riding due to fractured wrist.. I just needed some time out. This morning i awoke very early, before dawn, made some tea, sat in the...

Re: 70's trike - wore the wheels out. 70's gaspipe clunker of some sort. Early 80's Dawes Lightning. Mid 80's Raleigh Burner. 1986 Carlton Carrera - from new and still own it. Late 80's cheap MTB called 'free spirit' i think.. 1996 Kona Lava Dome - from new and still own it. 1999 Kona Hei Hei -...

Re: Looks like a front wheel.. Just flip the wheel around so it 'creeps' back again during your next ride. Even better.. If starting a ride with perfect alignment, simply flip the wheel at the half way distance of your ride so the logo is always aligned at the end of every ride. However be sure...

Re: Azizulhasni Awang is probably the only Malaysian track cyclist you've ever heard of, if at all. He comes from a small town on the quiet East coast. Malaysia has no indoor velodrome. His local government sports council declined to sponsor him with a bicycle. He goes abroad for training. Rio...

Re: Ended. That's about USD700.